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Startle, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mount Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43917. It stands on Long Run. The Survey maps it on the Dillonvale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Startle within Jefferson County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Startle (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Startle (historical), surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires nearby

9 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Startle (historical) between 2003 and 2019, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources3626
27 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2011Debris and open burning1.2 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources443
10 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 139 shown

Museums hold 139 specimens collected within 10 miles of Startle (historical) between 1876 and 1965: 133 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Arden R. Gaufin, C.H. Kennedy, Calkins, W. W. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Circus cyaneus, not of this specimenCircus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Mniotilta varia, not of this specimenMniotilta varia (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Ionaspis lacustris, not of this specimenIonaspis lacustris (With.) Lutzoni1893Calkins, W. W.Short Creek
A photograph of the species Taxonus pallicoxus, not of this specimenTaxonus pallicoxus1924C.H. Kennedy
Halictidae1925Pallister, J. C. (John C.)Harrisville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Atrichopogon levis, not of this specimenAtrichopogon levis (Coquillett, 1901)1927not recordedSmithfield
A photograph of the species Bombus affinis, not of this specimenBombus affinis Cresson, 18631927not recordedJug Run, Smith-field, OH
Bombus bimaculatus Cresson, 18631927not recordedJug Run, Smith-field, OH
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631927not recordedJug Run, Smith-field, OH
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1927not recorded"Jug Run, Smith-field, OH"""
Macrophya Dahlbom, 18351927C.H. Kennedy
Macrophya alboannulata Costa, 18591927not recorded

All 139 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Long Run0.2 miles17
Ramsey0.8 miles17
Dunglen1.0 miles17
Emerson1.1 miles17
Herrick1.2 miles17
Olszeski Town1.6 miles17
Mount Pleasant1.7 miles17
Dillonvale2.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1077616. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.